# .9999~ = 1? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287 "2006-12-06T19:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/1 "2006-12-06T19:56:18Z")
1/3 = .3333 repeating, right? 2/3 = .6666 repeating, right? So does that mean 1/3 + 2/3 = 1? .3333 + .6666 = .9999 So how does .9999 = 1? I don’t understand. Lettuce discuss. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/2 "2006-12-06T19:57:44Z")
.999 != 1 .999… == 1 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/3 "2006-12-06T19:58:59Z")
round .33333 repeated to .333 round .66666 repeated to .667 add them = 1 .33333 is not the actual value of 1/3 since its impossible to see the actual value of 1/3 as a decimal. same with 1/6 ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/4 "2006-12-06T19:59:56Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > round .33333 repeated to .333 > round .66666 repeated to .667 > > add them = 1 But that’s rounding them off. We’re talking .3333 repeating, and .6666 repeating. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/5 "2006-12-06T19:59:59Z")
:repost: ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/6 "2006-12-06T20:00:57Z")
> [@Locutus](#): > > :repost: well what’s the answer? link to thread? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/7 "2006-12-06T20:01:30Z")
> [@DarkkstaR](#): > > But that’s rounding them off. We’re talking .3333 repeating, and .6666 repeating. u cant see the actual value since it goes on to infinity, so u cant concretely say either way ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/8 "2006-12-06T20:02:33Z")
No, you can say. It does equal 1. It’s the magic of limits. ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/9 "2006-12-06T20:06:03Z")
[http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14227&highlight=.9999](http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14227&highlight=.9999) ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/10 "2006-12-06T20:06:53Z")
THERE IS NO OTHER NUMBER THAT THE SEQUENCE GETS ARBITRARILY CLOSE TO. Thus, if you are going to assign a value to .9999… (going on forever), the only sensible value is 1. There is nothing special about .999… The idea that 1/3 = .3333… is the same. None of .3, .33, .333333, etc. is exactly equal to 1/3, but with each 3 added, the fraction is closer than the previous approximation. In addition, 1/3 is the ONLY number that the series gets arbitrarily close to. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/11 "2006-12-06T20:11:26Z")
are you TRYING to start drama?.. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/12 "2006-12-06T20:14:09Z")
Me? No, I haven’t posted anything dramatic since…well…you. 😛 As for anyone else, ask them. All I know is this shit is interesting to me. ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/13 "2006-12-06T20:15:15Z")
no it doesnt. It will get infinitally closer to 1 but never reach it. ---
**Author:** ![16vCorvette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/b487fb/32.png) [@16vCorvette](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/16vCorvette)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/14 "2006-12-06T20:20:09Z")
just post your fresh prince bullshit … ---
**Author:** ![djdstar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djdstar/32/7617_2.png) [@djdstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/djdstar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/15 "2006-12-06T20:20:48Z")
> [@16vCorvette](#): > > just post your fresh prince bullshit … Why? It’s a math problem I was legitimately curious about. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/16 "2006-12-06T20:23:45Z")
> [@jeeves744](#): > > no it doesnt. It will get infinitally closer to 1 but never reach it. Only correct if you terminate the expansion of the number. As long as it continues to infinity, it is simply another representation of 1/1. Like .3333… is a representation of 1/3. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/17 "2006-12-06T20:25:00Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > Me? No, I haven’t posted anything dramatic since…well…you. 😛 > > As for anyone else, ask them. All I know is this shit is interesting to me. no…im talking about the thread… like the airplane/treadmill thread…its just an arguefest…lol ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/18 "2006-12-06T20:26:48Z")
At least with the airplane thread it obviously made quite a few people think a bit. Even with the surrounding drama, I figure it’s worth it for the 5 or 10 people who fired up the thinker a bit… Plus, hell, it’s winter. What else are we going to do other than bicker over the internet about soem stupid hypothetical? ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/19 "2006-12-06T20:28:14Z")
fuck u fuck u fuck u…:)… -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------8========================D \<—me okay im done… excuse me im tired… last week of school SUCKS ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9999-1/21287/20 "2006-12-06T20:29:28Z")
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